Joint Father-daughter and Mother-son Dance

I've seen this at lots of weddings actually and I think it's becoming more and more common to combine the spotlight dances like that. You don't have to, but it's worth considering if it's something your FI wants.

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But is it ok to use the song "I love her first"?

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I don't think there's anything weird about it. But if it seems weird to you, then you could pick a different song (maybe together with FI?)

My husband and I were planning to do a joint parent-child dance at our wedding instead of separate dances.

We're planning to keep ours as two separate dances. My fiance is really close with his mom, so I want them to have that moment just for them. He's the youngest and the only boy, so I know his mom has been looking forward to this moment for a long time. I'm also my dad's youngest daughter and the last to get married, and we've become closer ever since my mom passed away four years ago. I've just always felt that those are moments for each person and their respective parent. Then again, there are some traditions that I feel should stay as they are, but it's not my place to say someone else can do something a little different.

I doubt people will think about the song.

My dad and I danced to "Time of My Life" from Dirty Dancing, which is much more of a romantic song. Our DJ cut it so that it worked better for a father-daughter dance.

But if you're uncomfortable, work together to pick a new one.

We are actually doing a joint dance because neither of us want to be I the spotlight that long and our parents were totally on board with it! I also found that as a guest the first dances can get kind of boring after a while so that was also our motivation behind it. I don’t know the song but are there lyrics that can be applied to your FH and his moms relationship? maybe the I loves her first can be applied to a mom/son relationship as well

A Joint Father-daughter and Mother-son Dance: what a sweet,great idea!!

"I loved her first" might be weird because of this: "I knew the love of a father runs deep And I prayed that she'd find you someday But it's still hard to give her away I loved her first" , "When she first smiled at me, I knew the love of a father runs deep" .However: if you, your future MIL, both guys like/love it, go for it!I Whitney Houston's "I will Always Love You" is about a breakup but I attended a wedding where the newlyweds danced to it. It was lovely!

We are doing a joint parents dance as well to CSNY 'Teach the Children.'

We also have plans to invite our siblings and parents up during the second half of the song to really tie in the family aspect of our relationship! It takes a village

(FH & MOG; Bride & FOB; MOB & Son; FOG & Daughter, StepMOG & Step Son)

We are thinking of doing a joint grandparent's dance - my fiance is not close with his mom (at all) and I lost my dad. His grandmother (his mom's mom) basically raised him, and my dad's dad are still alive, so we were going to do a dance with them. My fiance's kind of shy, so I don't think he would have done a solo dance with his grandma otherwise.

My other grandpa (mom's dad) has passed, but was very musical and recorded some songs before he died, so we were thinking of using one of those as our song. Either "You are my Sunshine" or (more likely) "Dream a Little Dream of Me"

Even if my fiance were close to his mom and my dad were still alive, I wouldn't do a joint parent's dance, personally. I've been dreaming of a daddy-daughter dance my whole life and if I could have that moment, I wouldn't want anything distracting from that.